Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
inspiration for daylight luminaire
Daylight is extraordinary when intercepted, filtered, and redirected by beautiful screens. My daylight luminaire will attempt to capture the filtering and scattering effect of the forest canopy, using textures inspired by the light and elegant grass silhouetted by the sunset.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
whale
Revitreflectance 7
radiosity 25
soft shadows
45degN lat, 5.11.07 12 noon
N perspective
daylight only
Inspiration: Seven Bottles of Light
The Chapel of St Ignacius by Stephen Holl shows vividly how daylight can be shaped to light a dramatic and dynamic stage.Lighting the Stage
Spotlights are colorful, lively, and malleable. With electric glow, they can create the illusion of a nighttime tropical paradise, at noon in an inner-city warehouse theater. Can daylight be just as fully sculpted? Can an outdoor sun set an indoor stage for unscripted dramas of everyday life? In practice, can the conventional building programs Revit and FormZ portray such vivid daylighting realistically?
In this assignment, Revit will be used to construct a simple envelope representing a large hall for public political discourse in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. Revit and/or FormZ will then be used to convey the intended daylighting quality as well as to design "daylight luminaires" that will reflect and direct light admitted through glazing.
For the hall to welcome thoughtful and spirited debate, as well as to embody the senses of possibility and mission encompassed in such debate, daylighting will be sought that possesses a warm and inviting quality. Light should softly spotlight key locations where speakers might stand, arranged in a curve as the sun travels across the sky, to focus attention on these areas. In addition, the light should be shaped to have a lofty, glowing, magnifying quality about it, to complement the purposes of the conveners. Finally, the light should be given the chance to sparkle at edges where new acquaintences are made, where views are admired, and where refuge is sought, between group sessions.
In this assignment, Revit will be used to construct a simple envelope representing a large hall for public political discourse in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. Revit and/or FormZ will then be used to convey the intended daylighting quality as well as to design "daylight luminaires" that will reflect and direct light admitted through glazing.
For the hall to welcome thoughtful and spirited debate, as well as to embody the senses of possibility and mission encompassed in such debate, daylighting will be sought that possesses a warm and inviting quality. Light should softly spotlight key locations where speakers might stand, arranged in a curve as the sun travels across the sky, to focus attention on these areas. In addition, the light should be shaped to have a lofty, glowing, magnifying quality about it, to complement the purposes of the conveners. Finally, the light should be given the chance to sparkle at edges where new acquaintences are made, where views are admired, and where refuge is sought, between group sessions.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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